A/n: Pretty short chapter. But three chapters in a day – y'all are lucky! XD Even I want to know where this is going.
Chapter III: Questions
Zuko
It's funny – one minute she sleeps peacefully and next she's screaming, flailing out. And I know she is having a nightmare.
I shake her; her eyes snap open and she stares at me for a moment. Briefly I see the old Waterbender I'd fought before.
"Bastard traitor TRAITOR YOU'D CHANGED I thought you changed changed Uncle was wrong you changed."
I stare at her. She still says more. She curses me. She threatens me. Then, very quickly, she falls silent. Asleep.
No matter what she says in the morning, though, I know every word was meant for me, Prince of the Fire Nation, son of the most powerful man on Earth.
I stroke her hair solemnly as she breathes erratically. It is cool to the touch, but I feel the heat from her body and know she is frightened.
Me
I do not recall the dream he said I had, but I believe him. There is a mark, a scratch, on his face. I'd flung my arms out, clawing him in the process, he said. No doubt about it.
The story he'd told me yesterday was not a story that could be made up. I would believe every word he said unless there was proof other.
I'm nervous. He is gathering things into a bag, saying that it isn't ever safe, for anyone, to stay in the same place too long.
Why is he in danger? Is someone looking for him?
Further more, is someone looking for me? What happens if I travel farther away? The people who look for me – are they good or bad?
Of all these questions, I have the answers to none, because of the Blackness that keeps me from knowing.
So I just follow his lead.